This is a composite I made of four Eakins nude photos of Bill Duckett, one of Walt Whitman's lovers and caregivers. Eakins also photographed Whitman, but there is some disagreement among experts as to whether a panel set of nudes purported to be Whitman is actually him. Duckett was considered by Whitman's friends to be opportunistic and might be called a hustler by some today.
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